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shoab Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:12 am Post subject: Manually Entering Coordinates |
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Hi all
I am new to this site and have had a Garmin etrex vista Cx for several months. I thought that I was getting quite fluent with it... until this weekend. I am in the process of changing a Tv aerial and wanted to be a bit flash and use my garmin to lign up the aerial with the transmitter (Sandy Heath in Bedfordshire) ! I googled the transmitter and got the GPS coordinates for it they are GPS: 52.1298,-0.242475. I have tried various methods of getting these coordinates into my garmin but cannot get anywhere near where the transmitter is... I know the general location from google maps !
My settings are:
Position format hddd.mm.mmm
Map datum WGS 84
No matter how I try I get to within 10 miles or way out ! If I point to Sandy town itself I get N 52.07.746 W 000.17.509 on my map screen as its location it is somewhere close to the transmitter I know so shouldnt be far out.
Can anyone advise me on what I am doing wrong or am I totally confused ?
PS I also got the following figures from Google maps which show two set of numbers !
52.129800, -0.242475
- - Placement on map is approximate
+52° 7' 47.28", -0° 14' 32.91"
regards
Graham |
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PaulB2005 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 9323 Location: Durham, UK
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:37 am Post subject: |
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Hi and welcome.
Quote: | Position format hddd.mm.mmm |
Can you try to change the format to hddd.ddddd ?
I can enter co-ordinates on my nuvi 760. Setting it to hddd.mm.mmm and entering the figures you quote messes things up. Changing to hddd.ddddd puts the location 4-5 miles East of Sandy and 2 miles west of Potton. |
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missing_user
Joined: Aug 30, 2008 Posts: -7
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:58 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | GPS: 52.1298,-0.242475 |
Should you not enter the details as:-
N52.12980 W0.24247
2 miles from Sandy
1 mile from Potton
However, the exact location from Google satelite view is:-
N52.13019511111537 W0.24145781993865967
N52.13019 W0.24146
Last edited by missing_user on Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:17 pm; edited 3 times in total |
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PaulB2005 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 9323 Location: Durham, UK
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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I am of course assuming you can change the format you enter the co-ordinates into the unit.
From Google Earth the location of the transmitter is
In Degrees, Minutes, Seconds
52° 7'48.60"N
0°14'30.35"W
In Degrees Decimal Minutes
52° 7.820'N
0° 14.496'W
if either of those conversions help.
Additional: Looks like strumble is the one with the answer. Had a weekend in The Lakes trying to get my head round the co-ordinates business. Thought I'd done quite well over the weekend but something seems to have become unravelled on the way home..... |
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shoab Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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tHi all
Thanks for the replies !
I can indeed change the formay and I will try that and the other methods. The transmitter is 2 miles from Sandy 1 mile from Potton so that shows that you have got it right I will do that now and see if i get the same location now !
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Graham |
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shoab Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Strumble
Putting the coordinates in as you suggest "Should you not enter the details as:- N52.12980 W0.24247" Put the icon on map view as North of Bedford between the A1 and A6 which is north and west of the transmitter position !
Paulb2005
Changing the format and entering as N 52.01298, W 002.42.475, puts me in Wales ! putting W 000.24.247 puts me North of Hitchin West of Shefford !
I still must be doing something wrong !
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Graham |
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PaulB2005 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 9323 Location: Durham, UK
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | Changing the format and entering as N 52.01298, W 002.42.475, puts me in Wales ! putting W 000.24.247 puts me North of Hitchin West of Shefford ! |
What did you change the format to?
The format i suggested (hddd.ddddd) should have worked with your original co-ords of 52.1298,-0.242475. Try that setting and those co-ords. Although it's not a Geo-Sat-Nav that format and those co-ords work both with Google Earth and my Nuvi 760.
You must set the device for a format and then enter the co-ords in that format. I feel you are using a mis-matched format each time you enter the co-ords. |
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shoab Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Paulb2005
Sorry but I just checked my format and I had not set it as you said I must have knocked it back to another format...
Changing to hddd.ddddd and inputting the figures gets me really close if not on it ! However I can only put in 24247 and not the last figure (5) but this gets me there or there abouts !
For info I have topo GB v2, Oct 2007 loaded on my Garmin. I know I am near to the transmitter as I can see the waypoint now just North of Sandy Lane and West of potton which is about right
Is there a clear explanation somewhere on coordinate formats I can read as this would seem to be what I need to get my head around ie what the formats mean and why they are in different configurations .... a recommended book would be good ? Obviously I need to understand where the decimals go when entering the data !
Thanks to everyone for their replies.
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Graham |
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shoab Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
Apologies also to Strumble.......... it now works as you said .... must get my head around the number formats though !!!
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Graham |
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missing_user
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shoab Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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Strumble
I have now... and it places the arrow about 50 yards ? from the transmitter mast so i think that, that, is near enough. I still need to understand the coordinate formats though and could do with some light reading !! If you know of any let me know ?
My concern is that if someone gives me coordinates in the future I may get it badly wrong again ....
Thanks again
Graham |
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missing_user
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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I thought I was a little tooooo accurate, as the location I gave should be at the base of the mast!!!!!!!!
Here is what I see from the link I gave above.
It is easier to learn about the locations on the PC. Have you Mapsource on the PC? |
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shoab Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Strumble
Yes I have mapsource on the PC.
I also invested in GB topo which I have downloded to the Garmin and I have Memory Map South England on the PC too ! Is there a way of learning about coordinates through Mapsource then ?
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Graham |
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missing_user
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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Just go to Mapsource on the PC.
EDIT-Preferences-Position
and play with the the main four options for the UK there - see the different formats.
The quickest way to input a new location on my units is to make a Waypoint wherever I am, and then change the co-ordinates to suit the new entry you wish to make. That way you will alway remember the format.
Make sure that unit and PC are using the same format! |
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